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Expedition 10 Commander and NASA Science Officer Leroy Chiao donned his launch and entry suit and climbed aboard the Soyuz TMA-5 spacecraft Friday, October 5, 2004, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a dress rehearsal of launch day activities leading to their liftoff October 14 to the International Space Station. Chiao and Sharipov, the first crew of all-Asian extraction, will spend six months on the Station. Shargin will return to Earth October 24 with the Stations' current... Topics: Leroy Chiao Expedition 10 Preflight ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency) Baikonur Kazakhstan...

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STS-106 Mission Specialist Yuri I. Malenchenko signals thumbs up for launch during suitup in the Operations and Checkout Building. This is Malenchenko?s first Shuttle flight. Space Shuttle Atlantis is set to lift off 8:45 a.m. EDT on the fourth flight to the International Space Station. During the 11-day mission, the seven-member crew will perform support tasks on orbit, transfer supplies and prepare the living quarters in the newly arrived Zvezda Service Module. The first long-duration crew,... Topics: What -- STS-106, What -- Space Shuttle Orbiter, What -- Atlantis, What -- International Space... Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=4564

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Participants in the First Florida Space Summit take part in a discussion on the future of space as it relates to the State of Florida. Held at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, the discussion was moderated by Center Director Roy Bridges. Seated (left to right) are State Representative Randy Ball; Tony Villamil, with OTTED; and State Senator Charlie Bronson. The event also included Senator Bob Graham, Senator Connie Mack, State Senator Patsy Kurth, Representative Dave Weldon, 45th Space... Topics: Who -- Roy D. Bridges, Who -- Donald Pettit, Where -- Florida, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=5844

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Among the VIPs attending the launch of STS-99 is Captain Ralph Charles (left), standing next to NASA Administrator Dan Goldin. Charles hopes to have his wish fulfilled of watching a Shuttle launch in person. The 100-year-old aviator has experienced nearly a century of flight history, from the Wright Brothers to the Space Program. He took flying lessons from one of the first fliers trained by Orville Wright, first repaired then built airplanes, went barnstorming, operated a charter service in... Topics: What -- STS-99, Where -- United States of America Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=5922

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In the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-101 Commander James D. Halsell Jr. appears relaxed while waiting to finish suiting up before heading to Launch Pad 39A and launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis. The mission will take the crew to the International Space Station to deliver logistics and supplies and to prepare the Station for the arrival of the Zvezda Service Module, expected to be launched by Russia in July 2000. Also, the crew will conduct one space walk. This will be the third assembly... Topics: What -- STS-101, What -- Space Shuttle Orbiter, What -- Atlantis, What -- International Space... Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=6491

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Space Station Processing Facility, the ?key? to the U.S. Laboratory Destiny is officially handed over to NASA during a brief ceremony while workers look on. Suspended overhead is the laboratory, being moved to the Launch Package Integration Stand (LPIS) for a weight and center of gravity determination. Behind the workers at left is the Joint Airlock Module. Destiny is the payload aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-98 to the International Space... Topics: What -- Space Shuttle Orbiter, What -- Destiny, What -- Atlantis, What -- STS-98, What --... Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=6174

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STS-99 Mission Specialist Gerhard Thiele, with the European Space Agency, suits up in the Operations and Checkout Building, as part of a flight crew equipment fit check, prior to his trip to Launch Pad 39A. The crew is taking part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities that provide the crew with simulated countdown exercises, emergency egress training, and opportunities to inspect the mission payloads in the orbiter's payload bay. STS-99 is the Shuttle Radar Topography... Topics: Who -- Gerhard Thiele, What -- STS-99, What -- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, What -- Endeavour Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=5852

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Workers at left stand by while work is done on the Integrated Truss Structure (ITS) Z1 at right. To the left of the Z1 is a high-gain antenna that will be installed on the Z1. An early exterior framework for the International Space Station, the Z1 will allow the first U.S. solar arrays, on mission STS-97, flight 4A, to be temporarily installed on Unity for early power. The Z1 is a payload scheduled on mission STS-92, the fifth flight to the Space Station, in the fall Topics: What -- International Space Station (ISS), What -- STS-92, What -- Unity Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=5505

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STS-106 Mission Specialist Daniel C. Burbank takes his turn at the helm of a small armored personnel carrier that is part of emergency egress training during Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities. The tracked vehicle could be used by the crew in the event of an emergency at the pad during which the crew must make a quick exit from the area. The TCDT also provides simulated countdown exercises and opportunities to inspect the mission payloads in the orbiter?s payload bay.... Topics: What -- STS-106, What -- Zvezda Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=6276

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The Zenith-1 (Z-1) Truss, the cornerstone truss of the Space Station, is shown on the floor of the Space Station Processing Facility. The Z-1 Truss was officially turned over to NASA from The Boeing Co. on July 31. It is scheduled to fly in Space Shuttle Discovery's payload pay on STS-92 targeted for launch Oct. 5, 2000. The Z-1 is considered a cornerstone truss because it carries critical components of the Station's attitude, communications, thermal and power control systems as well as four... Topics: What -- Space Shuttle Orbiter, What -- STS-92, What -- Unity Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=5757

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Workers in the Space Station Processing Facility perform a fit check on a Power Data Grapple Fixture before installing it on hardware for mission STS-98. During the mission, the crew will install the U.S. Lab in the International Space Station during a series of three space walks. The STS-98 mission will provide the station with science research facilities and expand its power, life support and control capabilities Topics: What -- STS-98, What -- International Space Station (ISS) Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=6361

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At the Shuttle Landing Facility, the crated Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-H) is placed onto a transporter for its move to the Spacecraft Assembly and Encapsulation Facility (SAEF-2) for testing. The TDRS is one of three (labeled H, I and J) being built in the Hughes Space and Communications Company Integrated Satellite Factory in El Segundo, Calif. The latest TDRS uses an innovative springback antenna design. A pair of 15-foot-diameter, flexible mesh antenna reflectors fold up for... Topics: What -- Space Shuttle Orbiter, What -- International Space Station (ISS), What -- Earth, What --... Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=5286

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-106 crew members check out equipment inside the SPACEHAB module at Port Canaveral, Fla. They are visiting SPACEHAB to become familiar with the payload on their mission. During the mission, the crew will complete service module support tasks on orbit, transfer supplies and outfit the Space Station for the first long-duration crew. STS-106 is scheduled to launch Sept. 8. Topics: What -- STS-106, Where -- Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=5526

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In the Space Station Processing Facility, the U.S. Lab Destiny is lowered into the payload canister for transfer to Launch Pad 39A and Space Shuttle Atlantis. A key element in the construction of the International Space Station, Destiny is 28 feet long and weighs 16 tons. This research and command-and-control center is the most sophisticated and versatile space laboratory ever built. It will ultimately house a total of 23 experiment racks for crew support and scientific research. Destiny will... Topics: What -- Space Shuttle Orbiter, What -- Destiny, What -- Atlantis, What -- International Space... Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=6189

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The Soyuz TMA-4 capsule and its booster rocket begin to roll to the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Saturday, April 17, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan in preparation for the launch of the Expedition 9 crew and a European researcher to the International Space Station on April 19. The Soyuz vehicle is transported to the launch pad horizontally on a railcar from its processing hangar in a process that takes about 2.5 hours to complete. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) Topics: Baikonur Cosmodrome Kazakhstan Baikonur ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency) Expedition 9...

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-92 Mission Specialists Koichi Wakata of Japan (left) and William S. McArthur Jr. (right) get settled in their seats in Discovery for a simulated countdown. The countdown is part of Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities that he and other crew members have been performing. STS-92 is scheduled to launch Oct. 5 at 9:38 p.m. EDT on the fifth flight to the International Space Station. It will carry two elements of the Space Station, the Integrated... Topics: Who -- Koichi Wakata, What -- STS-92, What -- Discovery, What -- International Space Station (ISS),... Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=4679

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Summer’s thaw normally releases Antarctica’s Ross Sea and McMurdo Sound from the thick sea ice that accumulates over the winter, but in 2005, the process was blocked. The massive B-15A iceberg is disrupting the normal wind and current patterns that break up the ice, leaving McMurdo Sound frozen.McMurdo Sound passes through an annual cycle in which thick ice freezes on the water during Antarctica’s frigid winter, then breaks and drifts into the Ross Sea during the summer. By late spring in... Topic: Where -- Ross Sea Source: http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=6365

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- STS-101 Mission Specialist Yury Usachev crosses the tarmac at KSC's Shuttle Landing Facility after arriving aboard a T-38 jet aircraft piloted by astronaut Gus Loria (behind). Usachev and the the rest of the crew are at KSC to take part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test (TCDT) activities that include emergency egress training and a dress rehearsal for launch. The other crew members are Commander James Halsell, Pilot Scott Horowitz, and Mission Specialists... Topics: Who -- Yury Usachev, Who -- James Halsell, Who -- Scott Horowitz, Who -- James Voss, Who -- Jeffrey... Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=6381

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Eileen Olejarski (left), manager of Florida Wildlife Hospital, and Susan Small, director of the hospital, get ready to release two great horned owls at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Complex 25/29. The owls were found in June on the floor of CCAFS Hangar G, where their nest was located. They were treated at a local veterinary hospital and then taken to the Florida Wildlife Hospital in Melbourne for care and rehabilitation before release Topics: Where -- Florida, Where -- Melbourne Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=5602

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STS-92 Pilot Pamela Ann Melroy is happy to arrive at the KSC Shuttle Landing Facility after a flight from Houston. She and the rest of the crew are at KSC to take part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration Test activities, which include emergency egress training from the orbiter and pad, and a simulated countdown. The fifth mission to the International Space Station, STS-92 will carry the Integrated Truss Structure Z1, the first of the planned 10 trusses on the Space Station, and the third... Topics: What -- STS-92, What -- International Space Station (ISS), What -- Unity Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=4608

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The orbiter Atlantis heads toward the open door of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) on the north side. In the VAB it will be lifted to vertical and placed aboard the mobile launcher platform (MLP) for stacking with the solid rocket boosters and external tank. Atlantis is scheduled to launch Sept. 8 on mission STS-106, the fourth construction flight to the International Space Station, with a crew of seven Topics: What -- Atlantis, What -- STS-106, What -- International Space Station (ISS), Where -- Kennedy... Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=6215

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Operations and Checkout Building, the Joint Airlock Module is lowered toward a stand on the floor where it will be moved to a horizontal position. Then it will be lifted into the payload canister for transfer to the Space Station Processing Facility. There it will continue to undergo preflight processing for the STS-104 mission scheduled for launch aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis May 17, 2001. The Joint Airlock Module is the gateway from which crew members... Topics: What -- Space Shuttle Orbiter, What -- STS-104, What -- Atlantis, What -- International Space... Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=4837

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- A rainbow corona of light shimmers behind Space Shuttle Endeavour as a column of flame hurls it into space. Liftoff of the Shuttle on mission STS-99 occurred at 12:43:40 p.m. EST. Known as the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), STS-99 will chart a new course to produce unrivaled 3-D images of the Earth's surface. The result of the SRTM could be close to 1 trillion measurements of the Earth's topography. The mission is expected to last 11days, with Endeavour... Topics: What -- Space Shuttle Orbiter, What -- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, What -- Endeavour, What --... Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=6016

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In the Space Station Processing Facility, members of the STS-92 crew check out equipment they will be using on the mission to the International Space Station. Here, (left to right) Mission Specialists Jeff Wisoff and Leroy Chiao watch while Michael Lopez-Alegria practices putting on and taking off fittings on the Z1 Integrated Truss Structure. In the background are Boeing technicians. The Z-1 truss, a component of the Station, is an early exterior framework to allow the first U.S. solar arrays... Topics: Who -- Leroy Chiao, What -- STS-92, What -- International Space Station (ISS), What -- Unity Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=5644

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- The day before the expected launch of STS-99, Commander Kevin Kregel enjoys a reunion with his wife, Jeanne, near Launch Pad 39A where family and friends have gathered to greet the crew. STS-99, known as the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), is scheduled to lift off 12:47 p.m. EST from Launch Pad 39A. The SRTM will chart a new course to produce unrivaled 3-D images of the Earth's surface, using two antennae and a 200-foot-long section of space... Topics: Who -- Kevin Kregel, What -- STS-99, What -- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, What -- SRTM, What... Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=5913

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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- In the Payload Changeout Room (part of the Rotation Service Structure at the launch pad), the doors of the payload canister open to reveal its cargo, the SPACEHAB module (bottom) and Unpressurized Cargo Pallet (top). The payload will be transferred from this environmentally controlled room into the payload bay of Shuttle Atlantis for mission STS-106. The 11-day mission to the International Space Station will include service module support tasks on orbit, transfer... Topics: What -- Atlantis, What -- STS-106, What -- International Space Station (ISS), Where -- Kennedy... Source: http://mediaarchive.ksc.nasa.gov/detail.cfm?mediaid=21630

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Russian spacesuits await the crew prior to launch, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The crew will dock to the International Space Station on October 16, and Chiao and Sharipov will replace the current station crewmembers, Gennady Padalka and Mike Fincke, who will return to Earth October 24 with Shargin. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) Topics: Expedition 10 Preflight ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency) Baikonur Cosmodrome Baikonur...